Fox News Released A Fierce Statement Against Trump. Trump Just Shot Back With 8 Words

Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump has reacted to a statement released by Fox News regarding the timing of Megyn Kelly’s vacation from her highly-rated show on the cable network.

Following the initial GOP presidential debate hosted by Fox News earlier this month, Kelly — who was one of three moderators — faced criticism from Trump and his supporters. The real estate mogul went so far as to tell CNN’s Don Lemon that the Fox News host “had blood coming out of her eyes. Blood coming out of her wherever.” He later clarified that when he said “wherever,” he was referring to her nose, not the female menstrual cycle, as some had suggested.

When Kelly announced she was going on vacation with her family shortly after the debate, many began to speculate about the reason why. Trump himself told Newsmax TV that there was “probably” a connection between the debate and the announcement. “People were very, very surprised that all of a sudden she decided to go away for 10 or 11 or 12 days,” he said.

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But Fox — the so-called “Most Powerful Name In News” — refuted any speculation put forth in the media or elsewhere in a statement late last week:

The conspiracy theories about Megyn Kelly’s vacation rank up there with UFO’s, the moon landing and Elvis being alive. Megyn is on a pre-planned, annual summer vacation with her family, which is much deserved. To imply otherwise as Donald Trump and his campaign operatives have is not only wildly irresponsible, but downright bizarre.

Perhaps Mr. Trump thinks it’s advantageous to his poll numbers to keep talking about Megyn, but that doesn’t change the fact that Roger Ailes has fully supported her and her tough journalistic questioning since day one and is thrilled with the added exposure from the debate, which resulted in even higher ratings of The Kelly File this week.

As Trump was walking through a large media gaggle to report for jury duty Monday in Manhattan, he was asked if he had any reaction to the Fox News statement. “I don’t think they feel good about it,” he said before going into the courthouse.